Court

Extensive fraud trial against embattled contractor David Murray is much delayed

New sentencing date to be set on Oct. 3

Adam Castonguay will have to wait to hear the verdict in his sexual assault case, and will face breach of probation charges at the same time 

Tyler Griffin, convicted in 2020, appealed his conviction on charges of sexual exploitation and uttering death threats, for which he was sentenced to six years

Jean Lavoie pleaded guilty in Sudbury court Aug. 8 to manslaughter in relation to the death of Gabriel Paul Richards, 72, at a Sturgeon Street building in Dowling on May 11, 2022

Jared Herrick pleaded guilty last December to three counts of the lesser charge of manslaughter and one count of arson causing bodily harm for his role in the Bruce Ave. fire

A charge of possession of child pornography was brought against convicted killer Robert Steven Wright in 2019, but that charge has been stayed by the Crown

Court of Appeal allowed prison time to be reduced for a pharmacist who suffers from a rare and incurable disease, a sentence of 13 years was rolled back to eight years

In setting parole eligibility at 12 years, Justice Robbie Gordon noted Wright had no involvement with the justice system in the years since the murder, had ‘amiable and prosocial relationships’ and that as he was 18 years old, his actions were consistent with ‘a young man in panic mode’

Wright was convicted earlier this year of second-degree murder in the 1998 stabbing death of Renée Sweeney